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i woke up yesterday morning to find a note from crystal saying that she was gone to starbucks to do some reading. i quickly had a shower and got dressed, but just as i was about to leave to make my way over, crystal walked in and proclaimed “i know what i’m doing today! i am going to take a time lapse video on the skytrain, are you in?”.

“sure!”, i said.

she had after all decided to take my idea of taking a time lapse of the sky train, so there was no way i was going let her go without me. we made a quick trip to london drugs to pick up a USB cable, had a bite to eat, installed the required software, and charged our batteries before finally making our way to waterfront station.

once we arrived, we spent a few minutes on the platform to do some prep work to get ready and organized. i headed to the back of the train, while crystal stayed up at the front. she nodded and we both boarded. since we were at a terminus station, we were able to get on before the train switched tracks to head in the opposite direction. this gave us a few extra seconds to set up the tripod, connect the cable to the laptop, start the software and make some final adjustments.

at my end of train, everything was working perfectly and i was snapping photos in no time. suddently, my phone rang - it was crystal. she hadn’t set up her software, so we needed to get off the next station and restart. this time, we both got everything up and running on time.

immediately, other people on the train wanted to know what we were doing. at the front, i was approached by 3 different people. the first told me he had always wanted to do the same thing. the other was a film student who wanted to know if i had gone to school for film too and wished me luck, and finally an older man returning home from the auto show with his son who told me that i should “put some ghosts and throw some ads” into my movie to make a bunch of money.

after about an hour, our trip around the millenium line was just over. after a brief encounter with a skytrain attendant, we headed home to create the following movie with the resulting 729 images.

The rumour mill has been abuzz with rumours about new iPods next tuesday, but according to Appleinsider, Apple today spread word of a press event scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th to discuss Mac products only, i.e. no iPod or iPhone related announcements. The Mac only announcements have also been confirmed by gizmodo. Appleinsider speculates that iLife ‘08 and iWork ‘08 may also be demonstrated. However, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a release of this important productivity software just in time for the back to school shopping season.

Although rumours about a new iPod on Tuesday have been circulating recently, based on other information, and the currently running ‘buy a mac, get an ipod nano’ promotion from Apple, I don’t expect to see a new iPod until or on September 16th.